Summary of Book XXXIII
Titus Quinctius Flamininus the proconsul ended the
war by defeating Philip in battle at Cynoscephalae in
Thessaly. Lucius Quinctius Flamininus, the brother of
the proconsul, received the surrender of the Acarnanes
after capturing Leucas, the capital of the Acarnanes.
Peace was granted to Philip, who petitioned for it, and
Greece was set free. Attalus, moved from Thebes to
Pergamum on account of a sudden illness, died. Gaius
Sempronius Tuditanus the praetor with his army was
slain by the Celtiberi. Lucius Furius Purpurio and
Claudius Marcellus the consuls defeated the Boi and the
Insubrian Gauls. Marcellus triumphed. Hannibal,
having vainly plotted war in Africa, and for this reason
having been betrayed to the Romans through the letters
of leading men of the opposing party, on account of his
fear of the Romans, who had sent ambassadors to the
senate of the Carthaginians, fled and took refuge with
Antiochus, king of Syria, who was planning war against
the Romans.